Lighter



AiuFili, 1930.

A R. VISITACION LIGHTER Filed March 1, 1928 Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANICETO R. VISITACION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-FOURTH TO GENERAL WILLIAM WEIGEL AND ON E-HALF TO LOUIS G. WEIGEL, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LIGHTER Application, filed March 1,

This invention relates to devices for lighting cigars, cigarettes, and the like, and more particularly to the use of such devices in combination with the handle of a walking cane.

It is customary to carry the usual type of lighter in pockets in the clothing, but many persons object to carry things in their pockets, and it has been found convenient to provide the handle of a walking cane with a lighting device.

It is an object of this invention to provide a walking cane having a handle which serves as a casing for a lighting device.

A further object is to provide a walking cane equipped with a lighting device in its handle, the lighting device being completely concealed from view when not in use.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, consti tuting a material part of this disclosure and in which Figure 1 is a side view of a cane partially in section showing a lighter in inoperative position in the handle of a cane.

Figure 2 is an end view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view showing a lighter in operative position in the handle of a cane.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the handle of the cane showing details of the lighter actuating mechanism and drawn to an ex aggerated scale.

Referring to the drawings, a cane 26 is shown to have the end of the handle por tion provided with a metallic casing having the parts 6 and 8 hinged together at 7. The part 6 embraces the sides of part 8, the latter having side walls and a rear wall constituting a chamber to hold the container 10 which is adapted to carrying an inflammable liquid. Part 6 is also provided with an arcuate slot 11, in which slides a pin 12, mounted on a side wall of part 8 to limit its outward movement when the lighter is operated.

A leaf spring 9 fastened to the inner sur face of part 8 frictionally holds the container 10 in the chamber, the spring having 1928. Serial No. 258,217.

a pair of ears 22 which pivotally support a knurled 'wheel 21 and a ratchet 27.

Also mounted on the container is a piece of him adapted to be engaged by the knurled wheel 21 to make a spark to ignite an adjacent wick 20 impregnated with the inflamma-ble liquid carried by container 10. The position of the flint is adjusted by the thumb screw 25 located in the bottom of the container.

When in closed position, the lug 23 on con tainer 10, engages the hook 24 to securely hold the device in an inoperative position.

The hook 24 forms one arm of a small lever 17 pivoted on a pin 18 and mounted on part 6 of the casing. A spring 16 normally forces the hook downwardly so that it is always in a position to engage the lug 23.

When the lighter is in an inoperative posi tion, as shown in Figure 1, the strong leaf spring 13 is compressed and the snuiler 19, carried by lever 17, lies directly over the wick.

Also mounted on part 6 is a small lever 29 pivoted on the pin 15, its inner rear end being pressed against a stop pin 30 by a coiled compressionspring 31, the lever having a hooked end 14 adapted to engage the ratchet 27=to rotate the latter.

A central solid portion 32 of the handle is narrowed in width and formed with an arcuate lower face 33 to act as a guide and cover for a depressed portion 34 of the container 10, when the latter is enclosed in the handle, preventing it from lateral movement.

In operation, when the device is in the position shown in Figure 1,'the operator depresses the end 28 of the small lever 17, which extends into a cavity 35 in the element 6, thus releasing hook 24 from engagement with lug 23; at the same time the strong spring 13 rapidly forces part 8 outwardly and the hook 14, at that time below the ratchet wheel 27, rotates the ratchet fixed on the side of the knurled wheel 21 causing it to produce a spark from the-flint in engagement with the wheel21. The spark thus produced ignites the wick, and when the part 8 is forced inwardly to close the device, the snufi'er 19 extinguishes the flame.

From the above description it will be seen that there is provided a novel combination of a lighting device and the handle of a walking cane, the end of the handle serving as a convenient casing and support for parts of the lighter mechanism, and at the same time retaining a pleasing appearance. With a walking cane as herein presented, it is not necessar to carry a lighter in the pockets of the clothing and also the automatic igniting of the wick of the lighter does away with the necessity of rubbing the fingers over the knurled wheel to produce a spark from the flint.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope of the ap ended claims.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the class described, a metallic casing of substantially circular cross section having a semi-spherical closed end and formed of two parts hinged together at the extremity of the closed end, a spring urging one part outwardly from the other, a de tent to retain said parts when closed together, a lighter mounted in the movable part, and means in the other part to ignite said lighter upon release of said detent.

2. In a device of the class described, two metallic parts hinged together to constitute a circular casing having a closed semi-spherical end, a lighter mounted in said casing, a spring to turn the hinged part of said casing carrying the lighter outwardly, means to limit the movement of said hinged part, a manually releasable catch to normally retain the hinged part in a closed position, and means to automatically ignite said lighter when one of said parts is moved relative to the other part.

3. In a device of the class described, a pear shaped metallic casing comprising two parts hingedly connected at the curved base of said casing, a container resiliently held in one of said parts, said container carrying an inflanr mable liquid in contact with a wick, a knurled Wheel in contact with a piece of flint mounted on said container, and means mounted on said other part to rotate said wheel to produce a spark from the flint when the part carrying the container is moved outwardly from t ie other part.

4. In a device of: the class described, a twopart pear shaped metal casing, one of said parts being movable relative to the other part,

a container adapted to carry an inflammable liquid and a wick, said container being resiliently held in one of said movable parts, a lug on said container adapted to engage a hook on the other part to hold the parts in closed position, a spring mounted on said other part and normally tending to force the movable part outward, and means to automatically ignite the wick when said movable part is released and forced outward by the 5131111".

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANICETO R. VISITACION. 

